Diversity of gut methanogens in herbivorous animals

The digestion of plant biomass by symbiotic microbial communities in the gut of herbivore hosts also results in the production of methane, a greenhouse gas that is released into the environment where it contributes to climate change. As methane is exclusively produced by methanogenic archaea, variou...

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Main Authors: B. St-Pierre, A.-D.G. Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
gut
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731112000912